help me how to fix the problem of my code by using loop in c++

[tinytimes]

use the loop construct to write a program for the users to guess a secret character, which is k, (between lower case letter ‘a’ and ‘z’) stored inside the program. The user is allowed to have a maximum of 3 guesses. and need to show up 3 different kind of result, the first one:The user do not get the correct character and he/she had used up the quota (i.e., 3 guesses).second one: The user finally got the secret character after 3 guesses. and the last one is :The user used less than 3 guesses and got the secret number.


please helping to know how to write this program, and understand the logic in this question. thank you

there is my code:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
char lowerChar = 'a';
char higherChar = 'z';
char secretChar = 'g';
char inputChar;
int choice = 3;
int index = 0;



while (choice--)
{
cout << "Please enter a letter between " << lowerChar << " and " << higherChar << " : ";
cin >> inputChar;
if ( inputChar < secretChar )
{
cout << "Incorrect! Please enter the letter bigger than " << inputChar << ".\n";

}
else if ( inputChar > secretChar )
{
cout << "Incorrect! Please enter the letter smaller than " << inputChar << ".\n";

}
else if ( inputChar = secretChar)
{
cout << "Congratulation! The input character equals to the secret character." << endl;

}


}

return 0;
}

But when I run it, I can't get these 3 different scenarios at the end:
1) sorry, you have used up 3 times! program terminated.
2)you have used 3 times to guess the secret letter. program terminated.
3)you have used 2 times to guess the secret letter.

which kind of things should i add in this code in order to get these 3 different scenarios.
thanks

please help me develop it, thanks

[LendraDwi]

if(choise==0){
  cout<<"sorry you lose";
  break;
}else if(choise==1)
  cout<<"you only have 1 more change to guess";

And the line if ( inputChar = secretChar) should be if ( inputChar == secretChar)

[coder777]

This:

else if ( inputChar = secretChar) // Note: = assign -> == compare
{
cout << "Congratulation! The input character equals to the secret character." << endl;

}

is wrong. Change it to:

else // Note: if is unnecessary. The case is already determined by the previous ifs
{
cout << "Congratulation! The input character equals to the secret character." << endl;
break; // Note: this ends the loop
}

But we I run it, I can't get these 3 different scenarios at the end:

Use choice (actually: 3 - choice) to determine the number of guesses.
choice == -1 -> "sorry, you have used up 3 times!"

[tinytimes]

this is my new code, but it does not work well. please help me fix it, or give me some hits. thanks

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
char lowerChar = 'a';
char higherChar = 'z';
char secretChar = 'g';
char inputChar;
int choice = 3;
int index = 0;



while (choice--)
{
cout << "Please enter a letter between " << lowerChar << " and " << higherChar << " : ";
cin >> inputChar;
if ( inputChar < secretChar )
{
cout << "Incorrect! Please enter the letter bigger than " << inputChar << ".\n";

}
else if ( inputChar > secretChar )
{
cout << "Incorrect! Please enter the letter smaller than " << inputChar << ".\n";

}
else if ( inputChar == secretChar)
{
cout << "Congratulation! The input character equals to the secret character." << endl;
break;

}
while (choice >= 0)
{
if (choice == 0)
{
cout << "\nSorry, you used up your quota ( 3 times). " << endl;
cout << "Program terminated." << endl;

}

if (choice > 0 && choice != 0)
{
cout << "\nYou used " << 3 - choice << " time(s) to guess the secret char." << endl;
cout << "program terminated." << endl;
break;
}

}

}

return 0;
}